1:29:03
Down to our left we could burst through...
1:29:06
...turn Jackson's lines, push him back,
trap Longstreet on top of the hill...
1:29:12
...surround him.
1:29:16
Is possible.
1:29:18
Turn Jackson's lines?
1:29:22
No, general, we'll meet them head on.
1:29:25
And it will be a bloody mess.
1:29:28
We'll march up to that hill there...
1:29:30
...and we'll eat their artillery fire
all the way across this field.
1:29:42
We'll be able to look
at ourselves and say:
1:29:45
"We're good soldiers.
We did what we were told."
1:29:48
If we're not successful, we can say it was
a good plan, but there were contingencies.
1:29:53
You can go back to your hometown...
1:29:55
...and tell the families of your men
they died doing their duty.
1:30:00
The Rebs have fortified
the high ground up the river.
1:30:04
And anyway, there are strong currents
and obstacles to a crossing there.
1:30:08
Below Fredericksburg the river is too wide.
1:30:11
And our earliest forces are
clear down to Port Royal.
1:30:14
Fredericksburg is now
the only place we can cross.
1:30:18
If Burnside doesn't cross here,
he might as well resign.
1:30:26
That wily gray fox has outmaneuvered
our command again.
1:30:31
And there's going to be hell to pay.